The Washington critic., 1887-03-24
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

The Jury in the Clesry case in New York
disagreed.
George p. East, a prominent citizen OF
Accomac County, Va, is dead.
The Pennsylvania and Reading roads
have called In their annual passes.
The Baltimore and Ohio is making exten-
sive terminal improvements In Philadel-
phia.
The railroad commission selected by the
PRESIDENT gives general satisfaction In New
York.
A Philadelphia syndicate has made
large purchase Of iron and coal lands In
Southwestern Virginia.
The International Navigation Company
has made contract for one OF the largest
steamships In the world.
The disclosures efrecting the firm of
John q James Hunter have excited much
discussion in Philadelphia.
Mr.. s. W. Adrian, Of Minneapolis, has
laid claim to large amount of property in
the heart OF Duluth, Mimi, now worth Sl0,-
100000.
officials OF the Norfolk and Western
Railroad have made q satisfactory test of
the new grain elevator recently erected at
Norfolk.
Three Delaware, Lackawanna aud Wes.
tern passenger trains are snow bound on the
Pocono Mountains, Pa, and the snow Is i've
feet deep.
\ resolution has been introduced In tue
Virginia House Of Delegates to repeal the
merchants license tax and return to the
ad valorem system.
AT the Clifton, n. j., races yesterday, the
first race, mile, was won by Alva; the
second race, by Princess Ban, the third, by
vivandiere; the fourth, by King George.
Herman q. Clapp, a bookkeeper In the
grain inspection department OF the New
York Produce Exchange, was arrested last
night, charged with defrauding the depart
ment OF 81 800.
Western National Bank stock OF New
York sold below par yesterday, in conse.
quence OF rumors that Mr. Maunings
health would not permit him to take charge
Of the institution.
The Governor Of New Jersey has signed
the resolution submitting to two arbitra-
tors the task of settling the disputed tax
questions between the State aud the Morris
and Essex Railroad Company.
The association Of railroad coal opera.
tors met in Pittsburg yesterday. Prices
and freight rates were discussed. 1t was
the general opinion that the price OF coal
should be advanced 10 Sl.l0 per ton at the
mine.
The Peleg White Proprietary Company,
patent medicines, ll3 West Broadway, New
York, is In the hands OF the sheriff. Judg.
ments have been entered against the com
pany aggregatlng 5000. Its capital was
100000.
Mrs. Edith NJ. Nicholl, the widowed
daughter of Dean Bradley OF Westminster
Abbey, is now In this country, and has in.
| augurated the benevolent project Of erect.
ing a sanitarium for women and children at
Liberty, Bedford County, Va.
John Knepper, a resident Of Ransom,
Pa, and for many years conspicuous
character in Luzerne County, died Tuesday
night, aged los years. He was q native OF
Austria and fought in the army Of that
country against Napoleon l. He came to
this country when 40 years OF age.
The result OF the arbitration that has been
going on for several days past between rep.
resentatives OF the Knights Of Labor and the
North Chicago Rolling Mill Company wa.
that the demands Of the men were conceded
almost in their entirety. The employees az
fected number over fifteen thousand.
The firm OF Wilkin & Black, dealers In
yesterday to John Tobin, with preferences
amounting to nearly $4,000. Mr.. Jane;
Dunno, the firms legal adviser, said thai
the liabilities would amount to about $50,
600 and the assets to s2G, 900 or $4,000.
The humber Of hogs slaughtered in Chi
cago during the twelve months ended
March ! was 4, ,426, 900, a decrease OF sol ,00i
as compared to one year ago. The decreas,
is attributed to the stock yards strike o
last November. The number OF cattl,
slaughtered during the same period was l.,
60S,C00 head, Of which 100000 head wer
required for the dressed beef trade. Thi
shows an increase OF 200, 900 head over au,
previous year.
The New york Assembly yesterla,
passed the high license bill by 20 to III
party vote, except that four Republican
were adopted changing the limit from 300,
600 to 100000 inhabitants, SO that the bill
shall not apply to Buffalo; also excepting
cider from the provisions OF the bill and In
creasiDg storekeepers' beer licenses from
$50 to 800. A number OF amendments ant
substitutes were lost.
President Jones of the Delta Azotin Com
pany, one of the partners OF Absconde
Walter L. Lawton, said yesterday that al
the attachments that had been obtained
against Lawton would be applied to tn
benefit OF the creditors in general he takin,
only an equal share. Rufus Y. Kirkland
Lawton's other partner and conildeutia
man, whose whereabouts for the past few
days had been unknown, has appeared, an(
yesterday Mr. Jones said he was to NEE
him and try and arrange matters.
DIR. j. W. Jones OF Richmond, Va, secre
tary of the Southern Historical Society
delivered lecture at the Florida Chautau
qua yesterday upon "The Confederate Sol
dier in Camp" 1t was warmly received
by the Northern and Southern people pres
ent. Rev. DR.. Arthur 4. Pierson of Phila
delphia, IN response, referred, amid grea
applause, TO the restored Union and tn,
ffaternal feeling which the North and Soutl
now have for each other, and tue larg,
audience sang with great enthusiasm, "Ml
Country, IT'S OF Thee.n
| Hon. Xenas Marshall Crane, one Of Massa
chusetts' most highly honored citizens
died very suddenly in his Office last Satur
day from a stroke of apoplexy. He belonged
to generation OF men who did what the,
could for freedom; put courage and faitl
into the labors OF freesoil days; rocked th
Republican party 10 it's cradle, shared in tn
glories OF its triumph and received due meas
ure of its honors. lie was pioneer in i'm
proving the processes of the paper trade, ant
was Open-handed with his vast earnings
which made him loved aud honored by al
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